Celery
See flannel. A good metaphor for bad legal writing: it does no harm, but no good either[1]. If you go to the store, celery is on your list, and they have none, it is not something you feel the need to die in a ditch about.
Celery comes in all shapes and sizes, and can go limp if left unattended.
Plain English Anatomy™ Noun | Verb | Adjective | Adverb | Preposition | Conjunction | Latin | Germany | Flannel | Legal triplicate | Nominalisation | Murder your darlings
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- ↑ which is a paradox itself, for words that do no harm but do no good get in the way, which is in itself harmful.